It'd make a wonderful change to have the leader of a pluralist democracy who acted on that, who told people just how tough things are going to be, just what's going to have to be done - and, maybe, ran all the risks on the side of honesty, rather than spinning stories and trying to win the headlines every day.

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

It'd make a wonderful change to have the leader of a pluralist democracy who acted on that, who told people just how tough things are going to be, just what's going to have to be done - and, maybe, ran all the risks on the side of honesty, rather than spinning stories and trying to win the headlines every day.

It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.